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Could be but a fan sucking on a CPU cooler isn't doing much cooling to a CPU under load me thinks.....:confused:
well, i edited my post with a personal experience that prove it working ;) :p

specially when the temps is 28-30°c idle and 60ish°c load (for a Katana 4 with 4.3ghz under the foot, it's not bad at all )
 
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well, i edited my post with a personal experience that prove it working ;) :p

specially when the temps is 28-30°c idle and 60ish°c load (for a Katana 4 with 4.3ghz under the foot, it's not bad at all )

IMO it works more effectively if you let at least 1 fan blow through the cooler fins, I think it was designed that way...
To each their own.
 
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IMO it works more effectively if you let at least 1 fan blow through the cooler fins, I think it was designed that way...
To each their own.
both work as long as you have a correct flow, the fresh air that come from the fan in the front of the case is usually enough as long as you don't have something hindering it

but it's technically correct that air pushed from a fan is a little cooler than air pulled from it

designed that way... nah not completely, some heatsink have a pull configuration from base, like the Scythe Kozuti
scythe-kozuti.jpg kozuti-bottom-large.jpg

i did a HTPC build with it and it worked just as fine as any other topflow :)

i ran my H115i in pull configuration for a long time until i switched the SP140 for 2 Tt Riing 140, temp differences? not that much... ;)

little addition, i just noticed i won an auction ... that i forgot ...

Odroid C2 + HiFi module ... for .... 5chf (+7chf shipping) instead of 83chf new :laugh: and that thing is BNIB with an extra 16gb uSD card "feelgoodman"
autres-odroid-c2-mit-hifi-shield-dac.jpg 913206318_v2_2.jpg

i think i can resell my Asus Tinkerboard and my Neo U1 .... since that one has the same SOC as my Minix Neo U1 (a Amlogic S905) hum ... maybe not the Neo U1 ... that thing is convenient as a HTPC ...
 
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So these two small things can play 1080p video on a 1080p TV? I should look around for these buggers :) They use power-brick ?
afaik 4k capable (the second thing is only a HiFi shield for sound) it use the same SOC as my Minix Neo U1 i posted a while ago here (which is a ready use solution )

(well my Asus Tinkerboard is also 4K capable but 30fps) if you only need 1080p ... just take a Raspberry Pi 3, it would be cheaper (the Odroid C2 is not 5$ i paid 5$ for it ;) full price is around 58$ and the HiFi module is 25$~ )
or ... well it's made for tinkering ... if needing a good cheap ready to use solution : Minix Neo U1 (129chf with a basic remote, airmouse/keyboard Neo A2 Lite in option) there is a newer out that run higher than Android 5.1.1 but the Neo U1 is already totally fine and why update a OS if nothing bugs :laugh:

NEO U1 specs
Highlights
  • Amlogic Quad-core 64 bit Cortex A53 S905 CPU, Penta-Core Mali-450 GPU (exactly the same as the Odroid C2 )
  • 2GB of DDR3 memory, along with 16GB eMMC 5.0 flash storage
  • 802.11ac 2 x 2 MIMO Dual-Band Wi-Fi(2.4GHz/5.0GHz), Bluetooth 4.1
  • 3 USB port 1 USB OTG port, Optical SPDIF port and Gigabit Ethernet
  • Android Lollipop 5.1.1
  • Support 4K2K UHD Video Playback, HDMI 2.0
  • Support 4K HEVC Hardware Decoding, Up to 10bit, 4K@60fps
  • HDMI 2.0, up to 4K@60fps, support HDMI-CEC

tho i am happy ... i didn't recall that the C2 was in a Raspberry Pi B form factor like the tinkerboard .... i can keep my aluminum case :D (or not .... it would reduce the resale value ... )

and yes usually you want a powerbrick .... unless your TV has USB port that can deliver 5V and above 2A (the Rpi3 is the less hungry of the 3 i mention followed by the C2 and the Tinkerboard being the most )
 
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not for long from what I've been reading :kookoo:

Bitcoins actually going up now.

I'd bite my tongue if I were you. It's about to crest $3000.00 again.
 
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Hmmm.. Do you have a front-exhaust?
Since you are blowing warm air with the CPU fan to the front in this setup...
Usually you want your CPU fan blowing warm air to the back exhaust fan out of the case.

actually you can see the flow being front to back .... soooo i suspect the CPU fan is in pull configuration (i hope at last ... )

i did something like that with a Scythe Katana 4 on my 4690K or 6600K during a break between 2 custom loop, mostly because of memory clearance, the result wasn't bad at all

Could be but a fan sucking on a CPU cooler isn't doing much cooling to a CPU under load me thinks.....:confused:

well, i edited my post with a personal experience that prove it working ;) :p

specially when the temps is 28-30°c idle and 60ish°c load (for a Katana 4 with 4.3ghz under the foot, it's not bad at all )

IMO it works more effectively if you let at least 1 fan blow through the cooler fins, I think it was designed that way...
To each their own.

The front 2 pushing air and just 1 rear fan pulling air out. Unless ive set the fans wrong but that is how ive set it up as and temp been pretty good for 2 years or so.
 
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The front 2 pushing air and just 1 rear fan pulling air out. Unless ive set the fans wrong but that is how ive set it up as and temp been pretty good for 2 years or so.

I think your CPU cooling would be more effective if you turn the heatsink so that the CPU fan will blow air through the fins out to the rear exhaust.
 
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I think your CPU cooling would be more effective if you turn the heatsink so that the CPU fan will blow air through the fins out to the rear exhaust.
nope ... i proved it, more than 1 time .... let it go now :p

temp difference : Zylch

and he's probably bound to do it like that because of memory clearance, just like my Katana 4 (a HR-02 Macho wouldn't have that issue :laugh: )
 
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This came to me directly from EVGA EU last Friday :D. Originally i wanted a GTX 1070 or 1080 to replace my old GTX 970 SLI setup cause of i wanted to try out some light 4K and i whas beginning to run out of vram on my GTX 970´s any way, but because of all this mining crap, these cards has been hard to get and prices has gone throw the roof, so i ended up with this you se under here and even throw it a bit more exspensive, it is not that much over the most exspensive GTX 1080 non ti card in my country.





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not for long from what I've been reading :kookoo:

Not worried anymore, i sold the 1060s and 1070 and i didn't even lost a cent but otherwise, i still have the 1080, motherboard, Risers, SSD power supply and CPU, maybe if someone is interested i could sell it or maybe i will use it as back up Machine.

I took this decision because i am getting married in four days an i have to take care of my new wife for a while :D
 

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So I got this little guy last Friday. This is a SuperMicro CSE-826 2U 12-Bay Hot swap server chassis. I had to wait to get it set up until today because I had to order some fans to replace the standard jet engine loud fans with some 80mm noctuas. This is going in my office in my home, so the jet engine fans that came with it were not going to work.

This particular unit is set up to function as an external SAS expander. So instead of a motherboard, it has a small "power board" that only really functions to turn the unit on and off, and it has a converter to convert the internal SFF-8087 connectors to external SFF-8088 connectors. It has two SFF-8088 connectors, but only one is required for the unit to actually function. The second one can either be connected to the server as well, or(and this is part of the reason I bought it) used to connect the unit to another similar unit in a daisy chain configuration to expand the capacity.

It has dual, redundant, 500w 80+ Platinum power supplies as well.

Ths unit is filled with 10x3TB hard drives, a 4TB drive and a 5TB drive. It has one RAID5 array consisting of 5x3TB WD Red drives, and another RAID5 array consisting of 5x3TB Seagate Constellation drives. The remaining 5TB and 4TB are just in a JBOD array. The first RAID 5 array of WD drives is backed up every other day to the second RAID5 array of Seagate drives. The JBOD array is just used as a mess around space for files I don't really care about.

This is connected by a single SFF-8088 cable to a Highpoint RocketRAID 2722 in my FX-8350 based home server.

Next I'll be replacing the drives with larger capacity ones as the price starts to fall, hoping to fill it with 6 or 8TB drives eventually. As well as replace the server with a Ryzen build.

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Edit: Just in case someone is interested in the speed of the arrays.
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So I had to splurge. Brought my self a 27" Dell G-Sync 1440p monitor, stock 1080 FE and Oculus Rift. Guess this is my own birthday gift to me this year. First Nvidia card since I've had since the 780. They've made great improves all around. Card is really powerful. Parking my freesync monitor for a g sync. Almost unnecessary because the 1080 is whipping 1440p. And I love the Oculus, but it's not great. Image quality could be better. Only so much supersampling can do. Looks good with SS cranked if your rigged can provide the power.



Must hurt now that the price of the Rift dropped $200!
 
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I don't buy all these at the same time. They are being bought months apart. Starting with the ram at the start of the year. I thought of holding off to save up but I bought the ram straight up then after the ram prices started climbing. I planned to buy the corsair 3200mhz 32GB ram then which was price at $179 usd but ram prices suddenly started climbing up then. Making the 3200mhz ram going around the $200+ range then. That destroyed my plan. In the end I just go with the highest speed and densest ram I can find then because during that time high speed ram prices have not raised making it the logical choice. News article like this seal the deal for me. Luckily I got it, the price for this specific 3466 kit is crazy now. So much for "low" budget then, but it is bargain now looking back.

I bought the msi Am4 board when the price was low the cheapest am4 board I can find. This board is tiny! Seems just a nudge bigger then my current dtx board. Finally pulling the last week trigger for the ryzen 1700 from the price drop. Yay! Finally can ship to my country without any customs taxes. This cpu shipped fast. Finally can test out my system out in an open bench. All this part looks so beautiful! Finally I got a "good" pc. Things like this would cost so so much last year. An equivalent like this last year was the intel 5960x pc and ddr4 ecc ram to have density of 32gb for two stick. I am happy and thankful.












 
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4,99$ for 2 on Aliexpress while on Ebay they are 15$~ for 4 .... depending if it's the right one and not some fake ... might order some more (not that i need them right now but might come in handy if i handle my G410 too roughly, i've read somewhere that theses switches are tricky when removing the keys for cleaning :p )
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15-22 days delivery as usual (well 15 is what seller on Aliexpress got me used to, soooo it's fine :) )
 
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After long debate i've decided and discussion from a previous thread i've made..Decided i want to try AMD again with Asus ROG Strix RX580 8GB to replace my GTX970. Reason being is its still cheaper than 1070 despite the price hike and i'll probably be upgrading again after 2 years. The GTX970 will be moving into a new build in coming weeks.
Outside Box:

Inside Box:

Next to my EVGA ACX2.0 SC GTX970:

Installed:


GPUZ:
 

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I felt that the 1070 I had was lacking so i swapped it for this:

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After long debate i've decided and discussion from a previous thread i've made..Decided i want to try AMD again with Asus ROG Strix RX580 8GB to replace my GTX970. Reason being is its still cheaper than 1070 despite the price hike and i'll probably be upgrading again after 2 years. The GTX970 will be moving into a new build in coming weeks.
Outside Box:

Inside Box:

Next to my EVGA ACX2.0 SC GTX970:

Installed:


GPUZ:

Notice the Default clock of 1360MHz and only a single 8 pin PCIe power plug this is nothing more than a BIOS modded RX480 the default clock for an proper RX580 should be around the 1400~1411MHz and 2100MHz for the RAM and should have either an 8+6 or 8+8 pin PCIe power connections
 
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Notice the Default clock of 1360MHz and only a single 8 pin PCIe power plug this is nothing more than a BIOS modded RX480 the default clock for an proper RX580 should be around the 1400~1411MHz and 2100MHz for the RAM and should have either an 8+6 or 8+8 pin PCIe power connections
The default clock speed for rx580 is 1257mhz and 2000mhz according to main tpu gpu db site.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2938/radeon-rx-580

Looking at that db aswell a lot of aftermarket version have similar clock speed to the strix.
 

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Just bought these, probably getting tomorrow so pics then. I'm just so hyped! :toast:

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After two years and a few months of intensive abuse i have thought that it was time to buy a new Controller.



Xbox Elite Wireless Controller


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